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Elements of Art Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 9: The elements of art · Set 803 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Seven building blocks): Line = a moving dot’s path; shape = flat (2D); form = solid (3D). Colour = hue (red, blue …); texture = how it feels (rough, smooth, furry). Space = the area around and between things; value = light to dark, from white to black.

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  1. 1.🧱 How many elements of art are there in the usual list (line, shape, form, colour, texture, space, value)?
  2. 2.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) frame (b) texture (c) line (d) value
  3. 3.🧱 Which element of art is “a moving dot’s path”? (a) shape (b) space (c) line (d) colour
  4. 4.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) glue (b) shape (c) space (d) colour
  5. 5.True or false: “rough, smooth or bumpy” is the element called texture. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a long, thin mark (b) can be seen all round (c) gaps between things (d) a moving dot’s path
  7. 7.Which of these is the element called space? (a) a hue, like red or blue (b) has height, width, depth (c) a moving dot’s path (d) a sense of near and far
  8. 8.Which of these is the element called line? (a) can be seen all round (b) gaps between things (c) has height, width, depth (d) a moving dot’s path
  9. 9.Which of these is the element called line? (a) how light or dark it is (b) only length and width (c) a long, thin mark (d) a sense of near and far
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) the area around objects (b) from white to black (c) what a rainbow shows (d) a flat 2D area
  12. 12.Which of these is the element called shape? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) has height, width, depth (d) only length and width
  13. 13.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a flat 2D area (b) rough, smooth or bumpy (c) a closed flat outline (d) only length and width
  14. 14.🧱 Which element of art is “how a surface feels”? (a) space (b) texture (c) colour (d) form
  15. 15.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a long, thin mark (b) the area around objects (c) looks furry or scaly (d) how light or dark it is
  16. 16.🧱 Which of these is NOT an element of art? (a) value (b) easel (c) form (d) line
  17. 17.🧱 Which element of art is “gaps between things”? (a) colour (b) shape (c) form (d) space
  18. 18.🧱 Which element of art is “a closed flat outline”? (a) space (b) colour (c) line (d) shape
  19. 19.True or false: “only length and width” is the element called shape. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧱 Which element of art is “a flat 2D area”? (a) form (b) line (c) shape (d) colour
  21. 21.🧱 Drawing fur so it looks soft uses which element of art? (a) space (b) line (c) texture (d) value
  22. 22.Which of these is the element called texture? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) how a surface feels (c) from white to black (d) a solid 3D object
  23. 23.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called line. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “what a rainbow shows” is the element called colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is the element called value? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) a hue, like red or blue (c) gaps between things (d) from white to black
  26. 26.🧱 Which element of art is “looks furry or scaly”? (a) shape (b) texture (c) form (d) line
  27. 27.🧱 Which element of art is “from white to black”? (a) shape (b) form (c) space (d) value
  28. 28.True or false: “the area around objects” is the element called space. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧱 Which element of art is “can be seen all round”? (a) form (b) value (c) line (d) space
  30. 30.Which of these is the element called form? (a) a moving dot’s path (b) gaps between things (c) can be seen all round (d) looks furry or scaly
  31. 31.Which of these is the element called colour? (a) rough, smooth or bumpy (b) a flat 2D area (c) a hue, like red or blue (d) a sense of near and far
  32. 32.🧱 Which element of art is “rough, smooth or bumpy”? (a) value (b) texture (c) form (d) colour
  33. 33.True or false: “from white to black” is the element called line. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧱 Which element of art is “the area around objects”? (a) space (b) colour (c) texture (d) form
  35. 35.True or false: “a long, thin mark” is the element called shape. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧱 Which element of art tells how light or dark something is? (a) texture (b) shape (c) value (d) line
  37. 37.Which of these is the element called form? (a) what a rainbow shows (b) a long, thin mark (c) only length and width (d) has height, width, depth
  38. 38.🧱 Which element of art is “a hue, like red or blue”? (a) shape (b) value (c) colour (d) form
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat 2D area” is the element called space. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “gaps between things” is the element called colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. frame
  3. line
  4. glue
  5. True
  6. gaps between things
  7. a sense of near and far
  8. a moving dot’s path
  9. a long, thin mark
  10. True
  11. a flat 2D area
  12. only length and width
  13. rough, smooth or bumpy
  14. texture
  15. how light or dark it is
  16. easel
  17. space
  18. shape
  19. True
  20. shape
  21. texture
  22. how a surface feels
  23. False
  24. True
  25. from white to black
  26. texture
  27. value
  28. True
  29. form
  30. can be seen all round
  31. a hue, like red or blue
  32. texture
  33. False
  34. space
  35. False
  36. value
  37. has height, width, depth
  38. colour
  39. False
  40. False

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